ResourcesThings worth your time.
What I give my clients, and what I go back to myself. Take any of it — no sign-up, no sequence, nothing to unsubscribe from.
Use theseTwo things to start with.
Both come from the Phoenix Leader Path. They work on their own.
The Habit Tracker
A week on one page. Built for leaders who already know what to do and keep not doing it — small, specific, and honest about the days you miss.
Somatic Exercises
Five practices for regulating in real time: before the meeting, in the meeting, and in the ten minutes afterwards when your hands are still shaking.
WatchTwelve minutes on why any of this exists.
Nicki’s own account of what built The Action Imperative. The clip here is the opening; the full film plays on YouTube.
Clip 20 seconds · Full film about 12 minutesReadingBooks I actually recommend.
Short list on purpose. These come up in sessions again and again.
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Why the nervous system holds what the mind has filed away. The clearest case for why leadership work that ignores the body only gets halfway.
Playing Big
Tara Mohr
On the inner critic, and on hiding in preparation. Names the specific ways capable women stay small without meaning to.
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Care personally, challenge directly. Useful for the conversation you keep rehearsing and never having.
The Memo
Minda HartsPlain about the parts of corporate advancement most books leave out. Written for women of color and worth reading whoever you are.
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These are the pieces. The Phoenix Leader Path is what happens when you put them together with someone who has sat in your chair.
The NewsletterSomething worth opening.
Occasional writing on voice, power and staying yourself at work. No cadence promised, nothing recycled.